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ORGANIZATION  IP/C/W/549 
11 October 2010 
 (10-5192) 
Council for Trade-Related Aspects of 
Intellectual Property Rights Original:   English 
 
 
 
TECHNICAL COOPERATION ACTIVITIES:  INFORMATION FROM 
OTHER INTERGOVERNMEN TAL ORGANIZATIONS 
 
ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT 
 
  At its meeting of 8-9 June 2010, the Council for TRIPS agreed to invite intergovernmental 
organization observers to the Council to update th e information on their technical and financial 
cooperation programmes relating to the im plementation of the TRIPS Agreement. 
 The present document reproduces the inform ation which has been received from the 
Organisation for Economic Co-ope ration and Development (OECD) by means of a communication 
dated 15 September 2010. 
 Communications from other intergovernmental or ganizations will be circulated as addenda to 
this document.  
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  While the OECD undertakes a range of activities relating to intellectual property rights (IPRs) 
and relevant to the TRIPS Agreement, the OECD has not separately targeted implementation of the 
Agreement as a specific focus for technical co- operation.  The OECD doe s not operate financial 
cooperation programmes related to the im plementation of the TRIPS Agreement. 
 However, several projects underway or recently completed may be of interest as they touch 
upon TRIPS-related topics:   
• The OECD Innovation Strategy : In May 2010, the OECD released a Ministerial publication 
and other materials developed under the Innovation Strategy  Initiative. The findings recognise 
the role and importance of IPRs in the innovation process. A summary of the main points is available here: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/51/28/45326349.pdf
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• The Economic Impact of Counterfeiting and Piracy : As previously reported, the OECD 
released studies on the economic impact of counterfeiting and piracy (2008) and piracy of digital content (2009).  Information on the project is available here: 
www.oecd.org/sti/counterfeiting
.  In November 2009, the OECD released a short report with 
an update on counterfeiting and piracy of ta ngible products, which is available here: 
http://www.oecd.org/document/23/0,33 43,en_2649_34173_440 88983_1_1_1_1,00.html  . IP/C/W/549 
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  • Trade-related aspects of intellectual property :  
- An OECD Trade Policy Working Paper was recently released on Policy Complements 
to the Strengthening of IPRs in Developing Countries ; it is  available here: 
http://www.oecd.org/document/40/0,33 43,en_2649_37431_447 56840_1_1_1_1,00.ht
ml .  
- An earlier report from this line of work, entitled Technology Transfer and the 
Economic Implications of the Strengthe ning of Intellectual Property Rights in 
Developing Countries (2008), is available here:  
 www.olis.oecd.org/olis/2007doc.nsf/L inkTo/NT00005B06/$FILE/JT03239222.PDF . 
• Patent Statistics: The OECD has a range of work underway concerning methodology and 
database development related to pa tent statistics. A conference on Patent Statistics for 
Decision Makers  is planned to be held in Vienna on 17-18 November 2010.  Further 
information on OECD and patent  statistics can be found here: www.oecd.org/sti/ipr-statistics . 
• Further information on OECD activities related to intellectual property rights in the fields of 
science, technology and industry can be found on the OECD web site at www.oecd.org/sti/ipr . 
Recent working papers available via that page  cover such issues as patent families, the 
emerging patent market place, and pre-emptive patenting. 
 
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